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version 1.8

April 26, 2024

significant updates to the online guide
a little surprise waits in the Ancient Tunnels
enabled Pandemonium Event by default in single player
enabled and modified Diablo Clone requirements - only one Stone of Jordan needs to be sold
improved stat grouping on the character page + now displays additional useful stats
improved and condensed Alchemy Manual layout and added more formulae
improved Scroll of Enchantrix layout
reworded a few affixes
tooltips with healing or elemental damage (as well as percent bonuses) are now color-coded
most skills which deal magic damage now display orange numerals instead of blue
stamina/antidote/thawing potions now display tooltips
scrolls and stamina/antidote/thawing potions now fill empty belt columns
the Horadric Scroll now grants a one-time bonus of 200% extra gold find when read
increased the replenish life/mana rates of all skull types
all items meant to cast Hurricane were bugged, and now have higher level charged versions instead
“slain monsters rest in peace” now appears in spirit only - its function has been disabled
added a sound to Unholy Weapon procs
the Crusader enchant proc now has a different color from Mongoose (and made Mongoose’s graphic a bit meaner-looking)
damage of the Exorcist enchant lowered from 711-980 to 205-295
increased missile range of throwing axes/knives by 25%
rings and jewels can now see more powerful “mana per kill” affixes
enabled some unused prefixes and suffixes
all absorb suffixes are now percentage-based
Ogre Axes can now support up to 4 sockets, up from 3
charms now follow color change rules
thrown weapons no longer decrement quantity
added 9 new “on striking” suffixes exclusively for thrown weapons which cast one of the following

Seeker Lightning

Frost Nova

Fire Nova

Attract

Mirror Forest is now darker (darker than dark)

fixed some tooltip errors
changed and repaired some skill icons
a number of extremely weak affix bonuses can no longer appear at higher item levels
nearly all items with a chance to blind target only had a 1% chance; the chance is now displayed and has been modified on a per-item basis
fixed Smite bug for Blunderbores, Duriel, Overseers and Minions of Destruction
fixed a bug preventing Blade Shield from dealing damage
forever silenced the curse sound played by the Exorcist enchant
Holy Fire/Freeze/Shock now correctly show elemental mastery bonuses on the “to Attack” portion of the tooltip
various special items can now properly be carried in the inventory at any quantity
added color coding for minor Pandemonium Keys and Forge Keys
fixed Alchemy Manual not showing correct Unholy Weapon stats (lower than actual was shown)
fixed quality type upgrade recipes for Crafted items
fixed a string issue with the Mongoose scroll
fixed a Legend of Cerulea set bonus bug
fixed a bug with Emerelda’s Secret
fixed shape of Fire Nova, range reduced by 10% (also changed size of Holy Nova to match)
regular arrow/javelin and poison javelin attacks no longer erroneously decrement quantity
Tomb Viper poison clouds now deal half their original damage per frame and no longer deal “surprise” damage after the clouds have dissipated

the Token of Absolution Essences now instead transmute into an Angel Statue, and are now 2x as likely to drop
added informative tooltips to Stones of Jordan, Essences, Minor Keys and Major Keys
you may now disenchant 2 unique and/or set items at once
the Mana Battery and Peri Pearl items can now transmute into a second potion even while another similar potion is present in the cube
dyes can now be removed - simply repeat the recipe + 1 perfect diamond
added recipes for downgrading runes - just transmute the rune along with a key
added a 2x Zod Rune -> Zer Rune recipe
simplified the +1-6 socket to White recipe and allowed it to work on Superior quality white items
added type quality upgrades for Set items
Shapeforging now also works on rare jewels

enemy health bars are now red/yellow/green depending on current HP
Act 3 Iron Wolf Hireling

doubled the chance for level ups to raise aura levels for all types/difficulties

Conviction Aura in Hell difficulty now caps at level 6, up from 3

Act 5 Barbarian Hireling
total life at all levels increased by 30%

defense at all levels increased by 40%

defense per level increased by +4

swapped the Bash ability for Frenzy
increased damage of Vampires’ Fire Walls
added a Lightning Wall spell to some Vampires/Cantors
Spiders now always leave behind web trails
Fetish Aura has been remade to again function properly: now raises allies' attack/move rates (increases with difficulty)
raised chance for Hephasto the Armorer to drop runes
Act 5 Fallen Shamans have had their Red Prayer aura improved
Succubi now have different colored Blood Stars like Diablo I
enemies in Mirror Forest are more likely to drop items (especially jewelry/gems/runes)
Mirror Angels have a 20/30/40% (by difficulty) greater chance to drop a unique/set item
many monster classes display new behaviors and skills on Hell difficulty

Fallen (movement speed)

Zombies (movement speed, chance to Decrepify)

Gargantuan Beasts (movement speed)

Skeletons (chance to counter w/ Bone Armor)

Goatmen (chance to buff allies' HP/skills)

Skeletal Magi (chance for Fire/Shock/Frost/Poison Nova on death)

Wraiths (movement speed)

Locust Swarms (movement speed, Cloak of Shadows)

Frog Demons (chance for Poison Nova on death)

Megademons (chance to buff allies' HP/skills)

Doom Knights (movement speed, chance to buff allies’ defense, chance to gain Enchant, chance to attack w/ Amplify Magic)

Abyss/Oblivion Knights (chance to counter w/ Teleport)

Frenzied Boar Minions (movement speed)

Frozen Horrors (chance to counter w/ Chilling Armor)

AMAZON

Lightning Bolt

character sheet calculation has been fixed

Lightning Fury

added a 3-frame (0.12 second) hit cap on additional missiles

synergy bonus reduced from 2% to the original 1%

Valkyrie

cooldown lowered from 6 seconds to 4

ASSASSIN

Dragon Flight

cooldown removed

Flying Scimitar (New!)

replaces Ghost Flame

summons a magical scimitar that is immune to magic-elemental and deals lightning damage to enemies

25% chance on hit to stun enemies in a cone for 1.5 seconds

synergizes with Shadow Warrior, Mind Blast and Shadow Master

high attack rating and block chance

max 2 scimitars

Shadow Warriors cannot cast this skill

Charged Bolt Sentry

synergy bonus raised from 6% to 7%

Cloak of Shadows

mana cost changed from 13 to 12, now increases by 0.5 per level

duration is now a static 8 seconds

now lowers enemy physical resistance by 10% instead of lowering defense, increases by 1% per level

overlay changed

added a player indicator for when the effect expires

Fire Sentry

name simplified

synergy bonus raised from 8% to 12%

Blade Sentinel

now synergizes with Blade Fury and Blade Shield: +12% damage per level

Shadow Warrior

clarified tooltip

cooldown lowered from 6 seconds to 4

Inferno Sentry

name simplified
no longer synergizes with Death Sentry

synergy bonuses raised from 7/10% to 18%

tooltip now displays radius of inferno

Blade Fury

now synergizes with Blade Sentinel and Blade Shield: +10% damage per level

Mind Blast (It’s back!)

conversion/knockback effects removed

can now be bound to the left mouse button

stun duration is now a static 1 second

now displays radius

physical damage increased

now synergizes with Cloak of Shadows, Lightning Sentry and Death Sentry

can now correctly cast when triggered by “On Kill” item effects

has new animations

Shadow Master

clarified tooltip

cooldown lowered from 6 seconds to 4

Blade Shield

weapon damage bonus raised from 1/4 to 1/2

now synergizes with Blade Sentinel and Blade Fury: +9% damage per level

proc interval raised from 1 second to 0.8 seconds; this also now displays on tooltip

radius increased to 4.6 yards, up from 4

tooltip now displays radius of damage dealt

BARBARIAN

raised the base attack bonus for sword/axe/mace mastery from 28 to 30 to match polearm/throwing/spear mastery
attack bonus per level of all weapon mastery skills raised to 11%, up from 8
duration of Shout, Battle Orders and Battle Command now increases by 15 seconds per level, up from 10
Double Throw

corrected damage calculation on character sheet

now also synergizes with Concentrate for +10% attack rating per level

Battle Cry

this debuff will no longer overwrite curses (and is no longer overridden by them)

Grim Ward

removed duration; no longer fears enemies

provides a new weapon damage bonus & faster cast rate bonus to party members standing close to the totem

stacks with other effects

radius is now a static 6 yards, up from a base of 2

base mana cost raised from 4 to 25, now increases by 1 per level

now activates a 1 second cooldown when cast

can now be destroyed

now synergizes with War Cry: +0.6 yards per level

max 1 active ward

the ward’s location now shows on the automap

added icon and health display when a ward is active

DRUID

Carrion Vine and Solar Creeper portraits swapped so that they match thematically with their role
Oak Sage / Heart of Wolverine / Power Soul

now correctly have 25% physical resist in all difficulties instead of 0/100/0%

Werewolf/Werebear

life bonus per level reduced from 5% to 1% (see Lycanthropy)

Lycanthropy

level requirement is now again 1 like the original, down from 18

base 20% life bonus restored, up from 5

Maul

damage bonus per level raised to 30%, up from 20

attack bonus raised to 40%, up from 20, increases by 15% per level, up from 10

Rabies

attack bonus increased to 10% per level, up from 7

synergy with Pulsar raised to 20%, up from 18

Fire Claws

damage is now increased by 25%

Shockwave

synergy with Maul raised to 10%, up from 5

Fury

bonus attack rating per level raised to 10%, up from 7

Firestorm

missile count is now again 3 like the original, up from 2

removed missile speed bonus from earlier versions

Arctic Blast

increased damage scaling further

fixed damage calculation for skill tree tooltip (please use this and not the character sheet)

mana cost increased

missile speed reduced by 15%

missile range now again increases with level at half the original rate

synergy bonus reduced to 8%, down from 15

Dream State

base regeneration raised from 4 to 5

later levels now increase by greater amounts instead of a static +3

Lava Mine (New!)

instantly creates a 2 yard wide magma fissure at a target location for 1.6 seconds

effective at sniping

has a 0.6 second cooldown, decreases by 0.04 per level

base mana cost is 11, increases by 0.5 per level

synergizes with Firestorm, Dream State and Phoenix Wing: +13% fire damage per level

Phoenix Wing

cast overlay and sound now match Firestorm

base velocity increased by 37%

Tempest (New!)

replaces Ice Lance

summons a lightning tornado that randomly throws out charged bolts as it travels and stuns enemies who make contact with it

Stun duration is 0.4 seconds

synergizes with Hurricane and Arctic Blast: +7% lightning damage per level

Storm Harmony

renamed from Frozen Harmony

now also increases lightning-elemental damage

NECROMANCER

Raise Skeleton

health now increases with level: 15-16 Normal, 22-23 Nightmare, 31-32 Hell

post-level 3 damage bonus per level raised to 10%, up from 7

Skeleton Mastery

tooltip now displays numerical Skeletal Magi data

now improves Skeletal Magi missile damage by 6% per level

Deadly Poison

additional poison length per level reduced to 0.04, down from 0.2

Weaken

damage reduction now increases by 1% per level

Corpse Explosion

tooltip now clarifies damage type as split physical/fire

Raise Skeletal Mage

health now increases with level: 15 Normal, 22 Nightmare, 31 Hell

missile damage and cold length are now displayed

all mage types now deal the same damage amount

missile damage increased, especially at higher levels

now receives a post-level 3 damage bonus similar to Raise Skeleton - 7% per level

poison length is now instant, down from 4 seconds

Scarab

redesigned to throw a poisonous grenade which explodes in a toxic mix of bile and decay

poison damage is now dealt over 1 second in a 3.3 yard radius

eliminated “wake damage” - enemies in the initial blast are the only targets to take damage

mana cost raised to 15, up from 8, now increases by 0.25 per level

Lower Resist

base pierce amount raised to 25%, up from 20

pierce increase amount raised to 2%, up from 1

there is now an 80% cap on max pierce

Nether Wraith

now properly benefits from bonuses to cold-elemental damage

Fetish Shaman (New!)

a new summon that replaces the old buggy Dark Scholar

breathes fire at enemies and pierces 50% enemy fire resistance

has a Fetish Aura that speeds up attack and movement speed of allies by 10%, increases by 1% per level

gains bone armor when attacking/killing enemies, absorbing 100/250/600 damage (based on difficulty)

PALADIN

all defensive auras (except Meditation, Vigor, Redemption) have had their base radius increased from 10.6 to 16 yards
the radius of Holy Fire, Holy Freeze, Holy Shock, Sanctuary, Conviction and Fanaticism now increases by 1.3 yards per level
Prayer

added clarification that this skill saddles with many other defensive auras

now synergizes with Flash of Light instead of Meditation

Vigor

max movement speed bonus raised to 60%, up from 50

Flash of Light

now learned at level 1

Vengeance

added cast sound and target overlay

Condemn (New!)

replaces Fortitude; learned at level 12

use your shield to reflect a holy light of judgment onto an area that shocks and chills monsters

synergizes with Flash of Light, Holy Shield, Block Chance and Block Rate

requires a shield

Empower

now uses a unique overlay

base duration raised to 32 seconds, up from 30; now increases by 8 per level, up from 5

Holy Shield

graphic restored

Conviction

max resistance pierce raised to 80%, up from 50

SORCERESS

Fire Bolt

missile speed raised by 25%

Inferno

damage greatly increased

missile speed increased

initial radius increased, radius per level decreased

fixed damage/range calculation (please use this and not the character sheet)

Telekinesis

now has auto-aim for easier use (highly not-recommended for left mouse!)

Elemental (Renamed from Fire Ball)

now summons the legendary burning man from Diablo I

collision size raised to 2, up from 1

missile speed lowered by 15%

corrected radius display amount

Fire Shield

cast sound is now more subtle

radius is now displayed

Hydra

duration now increases by 0.12 seconds per level

QUEST/CRAFTING

Tian’s Looking Glass

a new item that allows access to the ~lost Horadric Cube~

takes up a single inventory slot

can be placed in the belt

Floater

a new rare transmutable that adds +15% velocity to any boots

velocity is a more powerful speed increase than the standard “faster run/walk”

Libram of Travincal

a new rare item which can drop from Zakarum Council Members

upgrades a rune to the next tier

Standard of Heroes

now correctly fills 2 inventory slots

removed level requirement

now adds +5-10% to maximum elemental resistances

limit 1 per character

UNIQUES

modified 11 existing unique items

Cecil’s Radiance / Cyandral’s Nature / Emerelda’s Secret / Golden Flense / Heal Shell / Hellfire Torch / Honed Resonator / Mirror Prism / Nightfire / Onyx Ram / Rings

added 15 new unique items

Arm of Consecration / Charge of Imperius / Dollhouse / Ellen’s Silver Judgment / Emerald Ray / Gizmos / Merkaba Zemi / Philosopher’s Heart / Psi Knife / Spiralizer / Springfoot / Valor's Stance / Web Frame / Wind Bangle / Wizard Strap

retired 33 unique items

Alcesir / Anathema / Angel Ice / Benediction / Briarsage / Cane of Byrna / Coronia Of Alia / Great Fairy Sword / Golden Ice / Griffinspire / Griffinstrike / Hallow Of Hand / Holy Form / Inna’s Justice / Jinx Belt / King's Cleansing / Lok’delar / Manald Seed / Mask Of Penance / Nethramus's Guardian / Obsidian Ring Of The Zodiac / Pillar of Venom / Rhok'delar / Scourge Bone Chimes / Starbolt / Starforge / Sul’thraze the Lasher / Tigershock / Tempest Cannon / The Atma Weapon / The Dark Tyrant / The Ultimate Siphon / Tsunamic Charger / Valigarmanda's Vallation

the following classic unique items have received upgrades (+ a few renamed)

Alma Negra / Azurewrath / Bloodmoon / Bonehew / Coldkill / Corpsemourn / Death’s Fathom / Djinn Slayer / Dragonscale / Dwarf Star / Endugu’s Boneflame / Eschuta’s Temper / Flamebellow / Gravepalm / Giant Skull / Ginther’s Rift / Halaberd’s Reign / Horizon’s Tornado / Iron Pelt / Lance Guard / Lightsabre / Metalgrid / Miner’s Trusty / Nuru’s Warp / Ormus’s Robes / Rainbow Facet / Ravenlore / Saracen’s Chance / Spike Driver / Spirit Forge / Steelrend / Steel Carapace / Swordback Hold / Swordguard / Templar’s Might / The Gladiator’s Bane / Tyrael’s Might / Undead Crown / Verdungo’s Hearty Cord / Wolfhowl

SETS

item level for Arctic, Berserker, Cleglaw, Death, Hsarus and Infernal sets has lowered to 1
Sander’s Paragon, Telling of Beads & Tal Rasha's Adjudication are more common
Cerulea’s Lamellar

raised item level by 10

the Lightbringer set is now less common
reworked the Energy Twins set into two new set rings
the (2) set for Terra’s Eye now includes lightning damage
Midna’s Hope (set)

item level of all of components raised by 15; level requirements raised by 10

increased rarity of Midna’s Locket

retired 4 sets

Emerald Lantern / Frozen Delta / Mirror Angels / Shyster’s D’deridex

the following classic set items have received upgrades

Arcanna’s Tricks (set) / Berserker’s Hatchet / Cow King’s Leathers (set) / Dangoon’s Teaching / Death’s Disguise (set) / Hwanin’s Blessing / Infernal Tools (set) / Laying of Hands / Natalya’s Shadow / Sander’s Paragon / Sander’s Superstition / Tancred’s Weird / Vidala’s Ambush / Vidala’s Barb / Vidala’s Snare

RUNEWORDS

Eastern Justice now uses an Amn Rune instead of Dol
Moon Hunter has received upgrades
retired 4 runewords

Dark Matter / Luminar / Netherstrand / Tri-Dazer

the following classic runewords have received upgrades

Brand / Breath of the Dying / Call to Arms / Delirium / Destruction / Doom / Dragon / Eternity / Heart of the Oak / Ice / Infinity / Last Wish / Wrath

RUNES

Dol Rune

mana steal raised from 4% to 5%

replenish life +8 replaced with +18 thorns

Pul Rune

faster cast rate raised from 10% to 20%

enhanced defense bonus raised from 30% to 50%

Mal Rune

added +100% damage to undead & demons on weapons

Vex Rune

mana steal swapped for ignore target defense

Sur Rune

blind chance raised to 20%, up from 1

Jah Rune

ignore target defense swapped for 20% pierce attack

Cham Rune

freeze target bonus raised from 5 to 15 (max)

armor/helms now receive Cannot Be Frozen

Zod Rune

now also adds +8% to Magic-elemental resistance